4th Rapid Deployment Brigade
military unit
The 4th (Czech) Rapid Deployment Brigade (4. brigáda rychlého nasazení) is a brigade of the Army of the Czech Republic. It is assigned to the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. Units from the brigade have deployed as part of KFOR, ISAF and EUTM Mali. Elements of the brigade were deployed in support of the emergency services during the floods in 1997, 2002 and 2013. The brigade consists of three battalions and is considered as spearhead of the Army of the Czech Republic. It builds the core of the 4th Brigade Task Force. For 29 years soldiers of the brigade wore maroon berets as elements of the brigade were trained as paratroopers, especially 43rd Airborne Battalion. In June 2023 the whole brigade changed to the new khaki berets as the rest of the ground forces.
History
The brigade HQ was created on 1 January 1994 in Havlíčkův Brod as part of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division with the activation of the whole brigade on 1 July 1994.
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